BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



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T. Lister. 



Yorkshire. 



Natural History Notes for the Barnsley and South Yorkshire District. 



Naturalist, January, ix. 104, 106; February, ix. 118; and May, ix. 177. 

 Nat. Hist. Journ., February 15th, viii. 18; April 15th, viii. 60; and June 

 15th, viii. 97. 



Chronological field-notes on birds observed in the autumn of 1883 and the 

 early part of 1884. 



Starlings YSturnus vjilgaris]. Nat. Hist. Journ., May 15th, viii. 80. Yorkshire. 

 Thousands roost every winter night in a larch plantation near Driffield. 



Grey Shrike [Lanitis exacbitor'] in Cumberland. Field, February i6th, p. 205. 

 An adult male Great Grey Shrike shot at Kirklington, December, 1883. 

 The writer observed a female near Carlisle in January, 1884, which was sub- 

 sequently shot, and appears intermediate between L. major and Z. excubitor. 

 He observed another about five miles from Carlisle, on 6th February. In the 

 same copse a Fieldfare was found impaled and partly eaten on the 8th. 



Grey Shrike \La71ms excubitor'\n%z.x Carlisle. Zool., March, p. 114. 



A female, intermediate between Lanms major and L. excubitor, was shot 

 close to Carlisle, i6th Janurary. Mr. Macpherson has not yet seen a local 

 thoroughbred Z. major. 



Long-tailed Duck {Harelda glacialis\ in Cumberland. Zool., March, p. 115. 

 A fine male Harelda glacialis seen several days in January, on Monkhill 

 Lough, about three miles from the Eden estuary. 



Ornithological Notes from Carlisle. Zool., April, pp. 127-130. 



The notes, given in chronological order, refer to multitudinous observations 

 made during 1883. 



Plover's [Peewit's ( Vanelhts vulgaris)'] Nest with Five Eggs, Field, May 

 3rd, p. 597. 



In the Carlisle district. All the eggs were of the same colour. 

 Summer Migrants at Carlisle. Field, May 3rd, p. 597. 



Sand Martin \^Cotile riparia\ March 23rd ; House Swallow \_Hirundo 

 rustica'], April 9th ; Willow Wren \_Phylloscopus trochilus\ April 6th ; ChiffchafF 

 \Phylloscopiis collybitd\, April 8th ; Redstart \_Riiticilla ph(xniciiriis\ April 7th ; 

 Cuckoo \^Cuciihis canorus], seen and heard, April 14th ; Corncrake \^Crex 

 praiejisis], shot, April 17th; Common Sandpiper \_Tringdides kypoleucos], 

 April 13th ; a single White Wagtail \_Motacilla alba~\, on April 15th, but may 

 have arrived earlier ; Tree Pipit \Anthiis triviaUs\. arrived April nth, but not 

 generally diffused till April 2ist ; a single Swift yCypselus apiis\ April 28th ; 

 Goldeneyes ^Clangida glajicion\ and Fieldfares \^T7a-dus pilaris], observed on 

 the 28th April. 



Varieties near Carlisle. Zool., June, p. 228. 



Chaffinches [Fringilla coelebs\ Blackbird [Ticrdics meriila\ Hedge Warbler 

 [Accentor modtdaris\ Sparrows \_Passer doinesticus\ mostly pied. 



[Manchester] Lower Mosley Street Schools Natural Hist. Society. 

 Eeport. October, 15 pages. Yorkshire. 

 Notes on birds observed at Malham and Gordale Scar on the 22nd of June. 

 J. F. Masham. 



Rare Birds in Lincolnshire. Zool., February, pp. 70-71. Lincolnshire. 



Male Osprey [Pandion haliaetus] killed at Hartsholme ; adult female Kite 

 \_Milvtis ictin7cs\ shot near Skegness ; two female Peregrines \_Falco pere- 

 gri7ius\ shot at Branston ; Common Buzzard {Bjiteo vulgaris], numerous ; a 

 female Honey Buzzard [Pernis apivortis\ from Gainsborough ; and a Male 

 Hoopoe \_Uptipa epops\ shot at North Hykeham. 



J. LOVELL. 



H. A. Macpherson. 



Cumberland. 



April 1885. 



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